Rail News

President Reagan was expected to sign legislation late Friday imposing a labor settlement at the Chi

ITEL WON'T INCREASE ITS STAKE IN APCItel Corp. will not increase its stake in American Presi

THINGS ARE SLOWLY getting back to normal at American Cyanamid Co.'s Wallingford, Conn. plant.

LEND LEASE TO MERGE WITH WHITEFORD UNITMINNEAPOLIS - Lend Lease Trucks has agreed to merge w

American Cyanamid Co. will be cited for violations as a result of illnesses suffered by several Conr

P-I-E UNION WORKERS DEFEAT WAGE CUT PLANJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Teamsters union employees at P-

When Norfolk Southern Corp. began handling stack trains for K Line into Welland, Ontario, this summe

The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to reopen CSX Corp.'s 1984 acquisition of American Commer

The Justice Department said it supports continuation of Trailer Train Co.'s railroad flatcar pooling

For the week ended Aug. 20, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

SFSP AND ITEL MODIFY STOCK BUYING CONTRACTCHICAGO - Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. and Itel

VARITY ACQUISITION OF FRUEHAUF AIREDTORONTO - Varity Corp. said it is engaged in preliminary

In the early 1980s, when Conrail officials operated special passenger trains for inspectionsof their

When it comes to advanced train control systems, Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern Rail

This time around, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers expects the burden of national contract ta

Traffic managers like what they see in the early days of the deregulated Canadian rail industry.

Sales of Burlington Northern Railroad's certificates of transportation are on hold. The cert

BUMPER STICKER seen on the Washington (D.C.) Beltway recently: Don't delay this truck. It ha

Trailer Train Co. will spend $24 million to purchase 500 new railroad flatcars for transporting fini

Robert Schmiege has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of CNW Corp. and CNW's railroa

For the United Transportation Union, which represents more railroad operating personnel than any oth

CAUSE DISPUTED IN SUBWAY BREAKDOWNSNEW YORK - Transit Authority officials blamed mechanical

For the week ended August 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Representatives of the Chicago and North Western Transportation Co. and the United Transportation Un

Railroad researchers are developing technology that could lead to the elimination of dispatchers, si

A federal bankruptcy judge approved Wednesday a $14 million state bailout of the Chicago, Missouri &

PHOTO RADAR FACES SHOWDOWN IN COURTPASADENA, Calif. - Three motorists who chose to take thei

IT'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS for two Illinois grain shippers. First the good news. The shippe

A Bay Area Rapid Transit management employee implicated in a bribery and extortion probe is resignin

On many trains, speed thrills. Scenery flashes past, and passengers dart from side to side to view t

House and Senate staff members have been meeting in an attempt to pave the way for passage during th

DOT TOUGHENS RULES ON BRIDGE INSPECTIONSThe Department of Transportation issued new rules th

Farnborough International '88, Sept. 4-11. Aerospace Products Information Center, Farnborough, Engla

A cautious Santa Fe Railway train crew was credited with preventing an explosion after 10 tank cars

A company formed by Denver billionaire Philip F. Anschutz to acquire the Southern Pacific Transporta

Eurotunnel, the Anglo-French consortium set up to build a 31-mile rail tunnel between France and Bri

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River, slowed earlier this year by shallow water, has rebounded due

The Board of Freeholders of Hackensack, N.J., has requested a $100,000 grant to study the feasibilit

ITOFCA, SCANFREIGHT SET THROUGH ROUTINGSDOWNERS GROVER, Ill. - ITOFCA Consolidators and AB S

In another effort to ease notorious bottlenecks in its movement of coal, China is preparing to use w